Robin Bowes;137432 Wrote: > dpayeur wrote: > > > > Please enlight me about all this. How could a bit of data be added > or > > dropped without screwing the whole sample in an audible way (even > with > > error correction). > > Even though the data is digital, the transmission path is analogue. > The > digital signal is transmitted as changes in voltage. Interference to, > or > corruption of the changes in voltage means that it may not be possible > to accurately decode the digital information at the receiver end. With > SPDIF, the timing information is encoded in the signal - the clock is > re-constructed using the gaps between samples as the timing guide. If > that gap is out then the digital information can be wrong. > > R.
So (Robin) would a reclocking/buffering DAC eliminate the inherent problems with having to extract the timing from the SPDIF stream? -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27452 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
